Dordrecht, Doleantie, and church order
This article attends to the relationship between minor and major assemblies as prescribed by the foundational principles of Reformed church polity proposed by Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel. It reviews the limited autonomy of local congregations and the authority of broader assemblies in the Church Order of Dordrecht (1618/19), the touchstone of Dutch ...
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In ordained ministry there is neither male nor female? : the personality profile of male and female Anglican clergy engaged in multi-parish rural ministry [PDF]
Robbins, Francis, and Rutledge (1997) documented the personality profile of Church of England clergymen and clergywomen prior to the ordination of the first women to the priesthood in 1994, drawing on Eysenck's three-dimensional model of personality ...
Brewster, Christine E. +2 more
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Die hermeneutiek van gereformeerde kerkreg
Die artikel het op die belangrikheid en noodsaaklikheid van ‘n hermeneutiek vir die gereformeerde kerkreg gefokus. Die kerkregtelike dokument wat besonderlik ter sake was, is die kerkorde van die Gereformeerde kerke in Suid-Afrika, met sy besondere band ...
Andries le Roux du Plooy
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Have We Come An This Way for Birth or Death?1 Liturgical Music as Prophetic Ministry [PDF]
(Excerpt) The prophet announces to the world what must die in order that the Kingdom of God be born. In its very doing liturgical music participates in this death-resurrection mystery which lies at the core of Christian identity and mission.
Harmon, Kathleen
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Abstract Alongside the growing teacher supply crisis, there are widespread concerns about the mental health and well‐being of teachers, leading to a growing interest in the concept of teacher resilience. In this article, we investigate the possibilities for promoting teacher resilience at the school level using a novel participatory approach. We report
Steph Ainsworth +3 more
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Toelating tot die bediening van die Woord met verwysing na die kerkorde van Dordrecht 1618 en 1619
This article evaluates the terms and conditions candidates have to meet before entering into the ministry. This evaluation is then set against the background of reformed presuppositions about the office of a minister of the Word.
Johannes Smit
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The Deacon: Ministry through Words of Faith and Acts of Love
From the moment the 1996 General Conference of The United Methodist Church reordered its ministry and adopted the new Order of Deacon, there has been much speculation on the meaning of the new Order, how it should be developed, and what difference it ...
Hartley, Benjamin, Van Buren, Paul E.
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Clergy work-related psychological health : listening to the Ministers of Word and Sacrament within the United Reformed Church in England [PDF]
Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect proposed by Bradburn (The structure of psychological well-being, Aldine, Chicago, IL, 1969), this study conceptualised poor work-related psychological health in terms of high levels of negative affect in ...
Charlton, Rodger +4 more
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National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine
ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina +6 more
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